SYS

System Name

This string system variable returns the release number of Thoroughbred Basic under which the system is currently operating and some information about the operating system.

Syntax

SYS

Remarks

A variable-length string is returned containing the following elements:

1 Manufacturer’s code indicating the environment in which this port of Thoroughbred Basic was made.

2 Release level of Thoroughbred Basic

3 A semicolon (;)

4 A single-character indicating the operating system for which this Thoroughbred Basic was ported.

This system variable is used primarily to identify the level of Thoroughbred Basic and its operating system environment. This data is essential to Product Support in answering any questions about a specific release of Thoroughbred Basic.

Examples

PRINT SYS

might return the following:

SCO UNIX 386 8.3.0; U

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